#lladres

The song “Lladres” by the Valencian band Al Tall, explains the results of the Battle of Almansa, fought on the 25th of April, 1707, during the War of Spanish Succession. This battle was won by Castile and lost by the Valencian-Catalan-Aragonese forces, and meant the beginning of the Spanish invasion of the Valencian Country.

For this reason, April 25th is commemorated in the Valencian Country as a national day. Even after the defeat in 1707 and 1939 and all the impositions and persecutions, the Valencian people and language still live and resist.

Here are the lyrics in Valencian/Catalan and my translation to English:

Lladres que entreu per Almansa Thieves who come in through Almansa

no sou lladres de saqueig, you are not plundering thieves,

que ens poseu la cova en casa you place your den in our home

i des d'ella governeu. and from there you govern us.

Governeu de lladrocini You govern in a thieve’s way

i rapinyeu governant; And prey governing

sou fartons de vida llarga You are gluttons with a long life

que mai voleu acabar. that you never want to end.

El nostre plat cada dia Our everyday meal

ens el torneu a llevar; again you take away from us;

l'aparteu amb elegància you push it aside with elegance

com si no tinguérem fam. as if we were not hungry.

I amb rabosera elegància And with astute elegance

ens heu forçat a oblidar you have forced us to forget

que si sentim buit el ventre that if we feel our stomachs empty

és per manca de menjar. it’s for lack of food.

No s'ensenya en les escoles It is not taught in schools

com van esclafar un país, how they crushed a country

perquè d'aquella sembrada because from that sowing

continuen collint fruits. they still harvest the fruits.

Hi ha un licor en la resina there’s a liquor in the resin

dels antics oliverars of the ancient olive trees

que fa tendra la memòria that softens the memory

i aclareix la veritat. and clarifies the truth.

Lladres que entreu per Almansa Thieves who come in through Almansa

no sou lladres de saqueig, you are not plundering thieves,

que ens poseu la cova en casa you place your den in our home

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